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A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise, supposed or real, of left-wing ideologies in a society, especially communism and socialism. Historically, red scares have led to mass political persecution , scapegoating , and the ousting of those in government positions who have had connections with left-wing movements.
During its Second Red Scare (1947-1957) a distinct set of domestic policies and conservative social mores came to dominate popular culture and interpersonal relations in the United States. The Post–World War II "baby boom"
The first Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left movements, including Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included the Russian 1917 October Revolution, German Revolution of 1918–1919, and anarchist bombings in the U.S.
McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s. [1]
The concern regarding the social threat led the Know-Nothing Party in the 1856 presidential election to win 21.5% of the vote. The quick decline in political success for the Know-Nothing Party as a result of a decline in concern for the perceived social threat is an indicative feature of the movements situated in moral panic. [44]
The First Red Scare of 1919–1921 had fueled fears of foreign radicals migrating to undermine American values and provoke an uprising like the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. [10] The number of immigrants entering the United States decreased for about a year from July 1919 to June 1920 but doubled in the year after that. [11]
The Vietnam War empowered the hippie movement, and 1980s DIY punk rock in the US was a response to Reagan policies like cuts to social services. I remember first hearing about the "Red Scare ...
"How bomb blasts a century ago launched the Red Scare and a raid against Paterson anarchists". northjersey.com Retrieved June 13, 2019 . Avrich, Paul (Prof.), Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist Background , Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press (1991), ISBN 0-691-02604-1 .